In his message, the Uzbek leader said that “feeling of deep sorrow, we received information about tragic incident with cruise ship Bulgaria, which caused large number of causalities”.

“I convey my sincere condolences and ask you to delivery my words of sympathy to relatives and friends of victims,” the Uzbek President Islam Karimov added.

On 10 July, the cruise ship Bulgaria sank near the village of Syukeyevo at 13:58. According to some data, there were 208 people on board. Number of victims makes up 71 people, including 30 children.